Mexican Marigold Mint, Texas Tarragon: Tagetes lucida
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- Mexican Marigold Mint
or Texas Tarragon
Tagetes lucida
In Mexico it goes by:
Cloud Plant
Sweet Mace
Mexican Tarragon
Mint Scented Marigold
Root Beer Plant
Yerba Anis
Yerbanis
Hierba Anis
Coronilla
Pericon
Hierba de las nubes
Don’t confuse Mexican Marigold Mint with Calendula Marigold, (Calendula officinalis L.). Even though the European herbalists called Calendula, Marigold or Pot Marigold, it is not kin to Mexican Marigold Mint or French Marigold.
Calendula is an annual that blooms early in the spring that honey bees also enjoy and is also a source of resin. Calendula is a well known healing herb.
In Texas, Calendula is considered a cool weather flower as it does not survive the Texas summer heat. It could be started in the summer for fall forage.
Mexican Marigold Mint is however kin to the French Marigold, Tagetes patula
French Marigold is a heat loving annual that re-seed itself which also provides forage for the honey bees. French Marigold, however does not have the anise aroma or medical benefits of Mexican Marigold Mint, in fact it pretty much stinks.
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A friend from Peru makes a seasoning paste from the leaves, it's used in a popular potato recipe. They call it Huacatay.
Maybe your friend would share the recipe
@@CarolynGibsonHerbalist I'll send her a text and share it here.. got my seeds for this started so I'll be needing it too.
That's a beautiful plant you grew. I've been trying to grow mine all winter and have a few sprouts. They are all clustered together, and I'm not sure if I should divide it into separate pots, though. Does this plant prefer full sun, shade, or partial? What type of soil does it like? And do you fertilize yours?
It dies back in the winter. It needs full sun. You can divide it and put in separate pots or wait until late spring or summer when you have plenty of growth and take cuttings and sprout those out. Do not take leaf cuttings close to fall because you will lose your flowers. They bloom in the fall. I use a very light fertilizer. I grow mine in the ground not in pots. I live in east Texas and have very sandy soil. They do not like wet feet. If you have clay soil you may need to grow it in a pot.
If you grow in pots you may need a little protection from full sun unless you can really keep it watered